Alcaraz, after Nadal’s victory at Roland Garros: "I’m going a little late"

Carlos Alcaraz again on Monday gave signs of his huge admiration for Rafa Nadal. The emerging value of national and international tennis, appreciated on Monday what Balearic has done at Roland Garros and his extensive and successful career and said he has “a thousand lives” and that “there are players momentarily”.

Alcaraz, 19 years old and who this Monday appears seventh in the world ranking -he fell one position- made these statements at the inauguration of a graffiti dedicated to him in El Palmar, his hometown, an action if where he was praised. “All the love I receive is indescribable and it’s a wonderful thing“, he pointed out.

After the said inauguration, Murcian cited the final Nadal won this Sunday 6-3, 6-3 and 6-0 against Norwegian Casper Ruud, and which he immediately greeted through his twitter account.

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“Rafa has a thousand lives and has Nadal momentarily. At the age of 19, he had already won Roland Garros and had already won 14 titles in Paris. He, as I am now, has already won at first and, therefore, I am a bit late“, he commented amid laughter from those present, while highlighting the” battles and dedication “of the Balearic that the final final he carefully followed.

Also, has words for the German Alexander Zverev, which eliminated him in the quarterfinals, and then was injured in the semifinals exactly against Nadal, forcing him to leave.

“He was a great game and I was excited to see on television how he sprained his ankle. Hopefully he comes back soon because Zverev needs tennis“, was declared.

Focused on his next commitments, he commented that he was thinking about the Wimbledon grass.

“I was focused on that tournament and to this day I still doubt if I was in Queens to prepare for it or straight to the Grand Slam.“, he pointed out and admitted that his work plan would not vary, although he would start exercising” earlier to avoid the heat. “

In Paris, Alcaraz matched his cap to a “major” and hopes to improve himself in the next few opportunities that come his way.

“This is the second time I have reached the quarterfinals in a Grand Slam tournament and the first time I have finished this round and played at a good level.“, he admits, recalling that at the 2021 United States Open he also won four games in the final table to fall to fifth against Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime, who retired due to injury.

“Next time I will have more experience and I hope this will help me not to go wrong with this Roland Garros.“, He added.